Australia’s Melbourne Cup 2019 draws lowest crowd in 24 years amid animal cruelty scandal and protests
CHARLIE MOORE: 'An animal cruelty scandal surrounding the racing industry has been identified as the key factor behind a fall in the crowd,…
THE HORROR: Live sheep beheaded in undercover footage from inside UK slaughterhouse
BRENDAN MCFADDEN: 'Heartbreaking undercover footage has revealed a live sheep being beheaded from inside a slaughterhouse that was already under…
Young elephant collapses and dies from exhaustion at popular tourist resort
JANE WHARTON: 'A teenage elephant has died from exhaustion after giving back-to-back tourist rides in the relentless Sri Lankan heat. The elephant,…
EXPOSED: Hell on Earth for Dogs Awaiting Death Sentence in Labs
PETA: 'PETA has uncovered shocking video footage taken by feds: At a dog-breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia, hundreds of beagles being raised…
2 More Horses Euthanized At Santa Anita Race Track In One Week, 36th & 37th Since December
CBS LA & LA TIMES: 'It appeared that Santa Anita had a safe Breeders’ Cup, but in the last race, at the top of the stretch, Mongolian Groom was…
Elephant Beulah had painful infection when she died, USDA confirms
NHRP: 'The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) is appalled to have learned that at the time of Beulah’s death at the Big E fair in September she had a…
NIH refuses to send ‘retired’ lab chimps to Chimp Haven sanctuary, as promised
JAMES GORMAN: 'In 2015, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) decided to retire all the chimpanzees it owned. Since then, animal welfare groups…
California banned fur sales, but demand in the U.S. has actually increased in recent years
QUENTIN FOTTRELL: 'Assembly Bill 44, that just went into law, bans the sale and manufacturing of fur products in California. Retailers and…
Outrage as live pigs and dogs are used as ‘crash-test dummies’ in cruel simulations
DEBBIE WHITE: 'Barbaric car-crash tests using live pigs as dummies – in cruel 30mph simulations – are sparking outrage among animal rights…
World Vegan Day 2019 statistics: Plant-based diets on the rise in the U.S.
JEANINE MARIE RUSSAW: 'November 1 is World Vegan Day, a day to celebrate all things 100 percent cruelty-free and plant-based. World Vegan Day was…